As of today, getting internet for free in public places, is far from easy. Especially if you are on the move, like me when I visit a new city for instance.
It is not too hard to set up a hotspot from your mobile so that your friend can roam though …. So what’s actually going on with the provision of the Internet on the fly?
First Issue: Fragmented Offering
There is first the issue that a mobile user has to constantly create accounts (or, at least, log on) to connect with the various providers’ services, because no harmonised offering exists.
Second Issue: Fixed Supply, Varying Demand
Second, "unfortunately the performance of Wi-Fi hotspots in crowded environments is extremely poor" (Wang et. al., 2016, p.1168). Due to the dramatic and correlated fluctuations in users’ demand, public hotspots suffer from heavy contention at peak hours.
Third Issue: If you are with O2 you are not Virgin
Commercial offerings have two extra limitations: 1. one needs to be associated with the offerer to use them. 2. they mostly rely on home routers for creating hotspots, which is ill-fitted for mobile users.
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